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<div class="heading">Sabbath</div>

<p class="topic">Below are <i>quick links</i> to the topics within this page.</p>
<p class="topic"><a href="#kept">Sabbath to be kept?</a></p>
<p class="topic"><a href="#notKept">If sabbath is NOT kept?</a></p>
<p class="topic"><a href="#doGood">Do good on sabbath?</a></p>
<p class="topic"><a href="#worship">MUST worship on sabbath?</a></p>
<p class="topic"><a href="#breakers">Convert sabbath breakers?</a></p>
<p class="topic"><a href="#misc">Sabbath Miscellanious</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#abstainDeny">Sabbath is to learn to abstain, to deny oneself, to obey</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#symbolicOf">Sabbath of symbolic</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#futureOf">Sabbath of the Future</a>
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<p class="topic">
<span class="small">
<br/><a href="#footnotes">Footnotes</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#sabbath4man">Sabbath for man</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#lordSabbath">Lord of sabbath</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#sabbathSermon">Sermon held on sabbath, Saturday; end of week (the 7th day)</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#sabbathKept">Sabbath was Kept</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#breakSabbath">Sabbath was NOT Kept</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#eternalLife">Eternal Life, sabbath mentioned?</a>
<br/>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href="#doGoodNoLaw">No law on doing good</a>
</span>
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<p>In the Ten Commandments, there are seven laws lay down for man. The <b>foremost of which is the sabbath</b>.</p>
<ol class="numbers" start="4">
<li>"<b>Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.</b>" &nbsp;Exodus 20:8-11 &nbsp;Deut. 5:12-15</li>
<li>"Honour thy father and thy mother." &nbsp;Exodus 20:12 &nbsp;Deut. 5:16</li>
<li>"Thou shalt not kill." &nbsp;Exodus 20:13 &nbsp;Deut. 5:17</li>
<li>"Thou shalt not commit adultery." &nbsp;Exodus 20:14 &nbsp;Deut. 5:18</li>
<li>"Thou shalt not steal." &nbsp;Exodus 20:15 &nbsp;Deut. 5:19</li>
<li>"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." &nbsp;Exodus 20:16 &nbsp;Deut. 5:20</li>
<li>"Thou shalt not covet." &nbsp;Exodus 20:17 &nbsp;Deut. 5:21</li>
</ol>
The purpose of the laws are to show us what are trespasses; sin.
Believers carry their own cross each day, by keeping the 2 great commandments (summary of ten commandments; all the laws and prophets).
In doing so we're prevented in destroying each other and ourselves.

<h5>Summary</h5>
If you are believers of the risen Lord Jesus Christ, i.e. Christian; you are <b>NOT oblige</b> to keep the sabbath;
<b>Remember the sabbath is made for man, not man for the sabbath</b> (Mark 2:27) and
our Lord is <a href="#lordSabbath" title="See footnote">Lord of sabbath</a>. (Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28, Luke 6:5)
In another words, sabbath was made a strict law due to God's concern for our health & symbolic purpose for men; for he blessed that day for us to rest.
<p>
Under our covenant, of our Lord's blood; (Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 11:25, Hebrews 10:29, 13:20)
<b>you're NOT "damned" or "condemn" if you haven't kept the sabbath</b>,
for the Lord have nailed the laws to the cross;
Meaning believers are no longer under the law, no longer judge and condemn by the law.
He who judges you will pardon the "righteous" i.e. the faithful and those who truly have repented.
</p>
<blockquote><b>Colossians 2 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
<br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> <b>Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross</b>;
<br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> <b>Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
<br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ</b>.
</blockquote>
<p>
If you are under the Israel's covenant, the "tablets of covenant",
the penalty for not keeping the sabbath will be death and be cut off from his people or from Israel (Exodus 31:13-17, 35:2).
</p>
<b>This is what you MUST keep to live</b> if you're believers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
<ol class="numbers"><b>The Two Great Commandments</b> (Mark 12:29-31, Matthew 22:36-40, Luke 10:27)
<li>Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength (Deut. 6:5)</li>
<li>Love your neighbor as yourself (Lev. 19:18, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:14)</li>
</ol>
If you have sinned, you can always pray and ask the LORD God for forgiveness;
if you had "truly" repent of your sin (show in your action, evidence thereof) the Lord will forgive you.
<b>It's fathfulness, compassion, mercy and justice; that the LORD seeks</b> (Matthew 12:7, Hosea 6:6), not works or strict adherence to laws, including keeping of sabbath.
<p>
Nonetheless, do know that the ten commandments are NOT abolish either, including the sabbath.
Therefore it is NOT wrong to keep the sabbath, rather it is good for you and your health.
So I'll be in the wrong if I share with you NOT to keep the sabbath.
</p>
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<h4>Sabbath to be kept?</h4>
The LORD God intentionally mentioned sabbath foremost; it's the 1st decree of the 7 laws, for man.
Thus sabbath is not there in the ten commandments for a show.
<p>
It is important for believers to rest on the sabbath,
We're to remember to keep the sabbath that is the 7th day of the week, <b>Saturday as holy; to rest</b>.
</p>
<p>
If we kept ourself from not trespassing the other 6 laws, honour father and mother, not to kill, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness and covet,
shouldn't we be keeping the sabbath?
e.g. if we don't go out around killing people, then we should also kept the sabbath.
</p>
In simplicity the benefit of sabbath to man, beasts, fields and all creation, is to rest.
<blockquote>In one of the longest verses used in the ten commandments did God explained to us:
<br/>
<br/><b>Exodus 20 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
<br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
<br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
<br/>
<br/><b>Exodus 20 (New International Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
<br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
<br/>
<br/><b>Deuteronomy 5 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
<br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
<br/>
<br/><b>Deuteronomy 5 (New International Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> "Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
<br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor the alien within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest, as you do.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
</blockquote>
The sabbath certainly has many symbolic meaning, as mentioned in above verses, one is the creation, in Genesis.
Although that may not be the exact answer or reason we wanted, for weekly keeping of the sabbath.
Nonetheless with enough knowledge, we can have <b>intelligent guesses of the underlining reason for having such a law, the sabbath</b>;
which the LORD God may have implied.
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<h5>Reason to rest on sabbath</h5>
We may know the <b>importance of the number 7</b>, it's the number of the weekly cycle; it's no coincident that it occurs naturally or biologically
e.g. in women's menstrual cycle, woman's pregnancy or development of the child(s), our body is FULLY replaced every 7 years and so on.
<p>
If we do come to a conclusion and belief that this special day, sabbath which the LORD God blessed and made hallowed is imbued in our design,
i.e. its' part of our biological clock and those of the creation (animal, plants, field...);
thus it's meant for us to rest and synchronize ourself on this special day, in accordance to our design;
<b>e.g. in recovery, stay healthy, stay young</b>!
In that sense, wouldn't it be of a great benefit for us to rest!
Or perhaps we will feel more refresh to face another week, if we're to rest on Saturday than on any other days of the week.
<b>I don't think we would be too far off the mark!</b>
</p>

<h5>Don't know the reason</h5>
If we don't know the reason or don't think there's an answer. We wouldn't be wrong to rest on the sabbath either.
Do you agree God is good? (Mark 10:18, Luke 18:19) God is love? (1 John 4:7-8, 1 John 4:16, 2 Chronicles 6:14, Psalm 51:1, John 3:16, Romans 5:8, Romans 8:39, 2 Corinthians 13:11,...)
He won't make up a law just to torture and annoy his creation because he's God!
He doesn't say this to us for nothing and it wasn't a mistake that this was included in the commandments;
he personally inscribed with his finger on the "tablets of covenant".
He also <b>blessed and hallowed it</b>, therefore <b>something MUST be extraordinary about resting on this day</b>.
<p>
"And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, <b>written with the finger of God</b>." &nbsp;Exodus 31:18
</p>
<p>
If so then you're not wrong to follow the foremost commandment for man which is the sabbath.
You're not following blindly but by faith, to trust God, his Word and that is a good thing.
</p>
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<h4>If sabbath is NOT kept?</h4>
In short believers of the risen Lord Jesus Christ is <b>NOT oblige</b> to keep the sabbath.

<h5>Tablets of Covenant</h5>
<p>
Under the Israel's covenant, "tablets of covenant" i.e. ten commandments, if the sabbath is volated the person will be condemn;
the penalty will be death and be cut off from his people or from Israel.
</p>
<blockquote><b>Exodus 31 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for <b>whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people</b>.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: <b>whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death</b>.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
</blockquote>

<h5>Covenant of our Lord's blood</h5>
<p>
However Christian falls under the covenant, of our Lord's blood (Matthew 26:28, Mark 14:24, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 11:25, Hebrews 10:29, 13:20)
<b>you're NOT "damned" or "condemn" if you haven't kept the sabbath</b>,
for the Lord have nailed the laws to the cross.
Meaning believers are no longer under the law, no longer judge under the law and condemn by the law.
He who judges you will pardon the "righteous" i.e. the faithful and those who truly have repented.
</p>
<blockquote><b>Colossians 2 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
<br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> <b>Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross</b>;
<br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> <b>Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days</b>:
<br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
<br/>
<br/><b>Colossians 2 (New International Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature,<sup>[your flesh]</sup> God made you<sup>[us]</sup> alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins,
<br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> <b>having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross</b>.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.<sup>[them in him]</sup>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> <b>Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day</b>.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
</blockquote>
<p>
<b>Remember the sabbath is made for man, not man for the sabbath</b> (<a href="#sabbath4man" title="See footnote">Mark 2:27</a>)
and our Lord is <a href="#lordSabbath" title="See footnote">Lord of sabbath</a>. (Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28, Luke 6:5)
In another words, sabbath was made a strict law due to God's concern for our health & symbolic purpose for men; for he blessed and hallowed that day for us to rest.
</p>
<b>This is what you MUST keep to live</b> if you're believers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
<ol class="numbers"><b>The Two Great Commandments</b> (Mark 12:29-31, Matthew 22:36-40, Luke 10:27)
<li>The 1st is the greatest commandment
  <br/>"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one."  " (Deut. 6:4, Mark 12:29)
  <br/>"Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength" (Deut. 6:5)
</li>
<li>The 2nd great commandment
  <br/>"Love your neighbor as yourself." (Lev. 19:18, Romans 13:9, Galatians 5:14)
</li>
</ol>
<p>
This is the summary of all the laws and prophets. (Matthew 22:40)
</p>
If you have sinned, you can always pray and ask the LORD God for forgiveness;
if you had "truly" repent of your sin (show in your action, evidence thereof) the Lord will forgive you.
<b>It's fathfulness, compassion, mercy and justice; that the LORD seeks</b> (Matthew 12:7, Hosea 6:6), not works or strict adherence to laws, including keeping of sabbath.
Whenever Jesus answer the question to "<a href="#eternalLife" title="See footnote">eternal life</a>" and list out the laws (ten commandments),
sabbath was not mentioned.
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<h5>Salvation by Grace & Mercy</h5>
Examine how Jesus explain to those people who will come under the new covenant (covenant of the Lord's blood),
the Lord will not only judge the deeds but the <b>thoughts</b> of the person.
Thus tresspass of the ten commandments will be commited at any time the person stray from perfection,
and under the "tablets of covenant" the punishment is very severe, which could be death, cut off from the people or from Israel...
<blockquote><b>Matthew 5 (New International Version)</b>
<br/><b>Murder</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">21</sup> "You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder,<sup>[Exodus 20:13]</sup> and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.'
<br/><sup class="verseNum">22</sup> But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother<sup>[Some manuscripts brother without cause]</sup>will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,<sup>[An Aramaic term of contempt]</sup>' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
<br/><b>Adultery</b>&nbsp; (also Matthew 19:1-9, Mark 10:1-12)
<br/><sup class="verseNum">27</sup> "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.'<sup>[Exodus 20:14]</sup>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">28</sup> But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
<br/><b>Divorce</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">31</sup> "It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'<sup>[Deut. 24:1]</sup>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">32</sup> But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.
</blockquote>
Christian agree there is no obligation for
<ul>
<li>Christian to eat ONLY Jewish's "clean" food (pigs are NOT clean animals & the food need to be prepared a certain way)</li>
<li>Circumcise the foreskin of the male before a certain age (Circumcion of the flesh)</li>
<li>And many more laws given to Israel which Christian don't keep</li>
</ul>
Note the penalty of tresspassing these is often cut off from the people or Israel!
Friend, he didn't come to condemn his people; in that sense, you shall NOT worry about the keeping of sabbath.
<p>
People who put themself under the laws AND the covenant of Lord's blood, had put themself against impossibility because they are "man" and Not God.
Gospels review that the covenant of the Lord's blood, is salvation Not by works but a FREE gift, by "grace" and "mercy" from God.
Thus if believers <b>make every effort to strive to</b> abide by the 2 great commandments and have the evidence of <b>fruits</b> of their repentance.
The Word promised that they have obtain the FREE gift.
</p>
<ul>
<li>"The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let him who hears say, "Come!" Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the <b>free gift</b> of the water of life." Revelation 22:17</li>
<li>"Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the <b>mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ</b> to bring you to eternal life." Jude 1:21</li>
</ul>
<p>
Nonetheless it's good to rest one day in a week, looking after own health, for your body is the temple of God! (1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 2 Corinthians 6:16)
And the best day to rest will be on the sabbath, Saturday the 7th day of the week.
God had specifically blessed and hallowed it.
E.g. We'll not go on sinning, covet, theft, killing and so on; in that logic we will be equally wise to rest on sabbath, to keep the sabbath holy.
</p>
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<h4>Do good on sabbath?</h4>
Certainly can!
<p>
Look at the footnote when <a href="#breakSabbath" title="See footnote">sabbath was NOT kept</a> by the Lord Jesus Christ and why.
Reason such as his disciples were hungry, he was doing good on that day and
he explained "God desired mercy", and not keeping by works. (Matthew 12:7, Hosea 6:6)
He said <a href="#sabbath4man" title="See footnote">sabbath was made for man</a> and not the other way around!
He's the <a href="#lordSabbath" title="See footnote">Lord of sabbath</a>,
hence he's the judge, will be the one to judge and to pardon.
</p>

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<h4>MUST worship on sabbath?</h4>
Of course NOT. You can worship on ANY day, there is no law,
<a href="#doGoodNoLaw" title="See footnote">no restriction to doing good</a>, worshipping, praising, singing to the LORD our God!
Don't be foolish!
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Don't get into false and unwholesome spiral of theology.
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The ones who thinks worhsip MUST be on the sabbath, certainly have trouble understanding the heart of God and His salvation.
<p>
You're certainly NOT damned if you worship on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or everyday for that matter.
You're NOT damned if you worship on Saturday, the sabbath.
</p>

<h5>Apostles and early Christian have kept the sabbath?</h5>
Yes, they did; especially Christian of Jewish origin<sup>[<a href="#sabbathKept" title="See footnote">Sabbath Kept</a>]</sup>.
Jews at that time held their <a href="#sabbathSermon" title="See footnote">sermons on Saturday</a>,
the apostles spread Gospel to Jews on Saturday in the synagogues.
Early Christian are very likely to have worship on Saturday since that is the end of the week (the 7th day).
<p>
So again if those didn't or won't worship on Saturday, the sabbath are damned?!?!
<br/>Certainly NOT!
If believers have follow his 2 great commandments and have faith in the Lord Jesus, how can they be condemned?
Why will the Lord reject them?
Or if the Lord accepted them, who can accuse them?
</p>

<h5>Catholic Church changed times and laws?</h5>
It's true the Catholic Church did changed set times and the laws. <b>Even so what she did has zero effect on salvation.
O you of little faith</b> (Matthew 6:30, 8:26, 14:31, 16:8, 17:20; Luke 12:28),
who or what things come close to compare with God? Do we have to worry for God for the things he purposed to happen?
<b>Rejoice and have faith</b>, so what if we don't worship any more on sabbath day?
But worship only on Sunday or everyday for that matter?
<ol>Catholic church:
<li><b>Removed the 2nd law</b>, "Idolatry & Improper Worship" and made two covet laws out of the 10th commandment "Thou shalt not covet".
  Click on <a href="tenCommandments.html#catholicCommandments" title="See Ten Commandments">Catholic's Ten Commandments</a>
</li>
<li><b>Changed time</b> by constituting and adapting Sunday as the worship day,
  thus making what was the 1st day of the week to be like the 7th day of the week.
  Saturday is the true 7th day of the week, the sabbath a rest day.
  <br/>[Thus many in the world consider Sunday as the rest day.]
  <p>Sunday is of the sun god, yet that day also is the "Lord's day" i.e. the day Jesus rose from the dead.
  A new week, the 8th day, a new beginning. Concerning the significant number 8, which is "<b>NOT directly</b>" mentioned in Bible,
  please read <a href="oLordJesus.html#GreekGematria" title="See O Lord Jesus - Greek Gematria">Greek Gematria</a>
  </p>
  <p>
  <b>Concerning change from Julian (Caesar's) to Gregory calendar</b>:
  <br/>Note I believe this <b>may not be a change in set times, given that the Julian calendar is Not a calendar God decreed</b>.
  The simple 7 days of the week, sabbath conversely is.
  <p>
  ...Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull, "Inter Gravissimus" on February 24, 1582 that established the Gregorian calendar as the new and official calendar of the Catholic world. Since the Julian calendar had fallen ten days behind over the centuries, Pope Gregory XIII designated that October 4, 1582 would be officially followed by October 15, 1582. The news of the calendar change was disseminated across Europe. Not only would the new calendar be utilized but ten days would be "lost" forever, the new year would now begin on January 1 instead of March 25, and there would be a new method of determining the date of Easter...
  </p>
  Today, we rely on the Gregorian calendar to keep us almost perfectly in line with the rotation of the earth around the sun.
</li>
</ol>

<h5>God purposed</h5>
God allow this to happen, hence the scripture and his Word would be fulfilled.
<blockquote><b>Daniel 7:25</b>
<br/><span class="small">(KJV)</span> "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to <b>change times and laws</b>: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time."
<br/><span class="small">(NIV)</span> "He will speak against the Most High and oppress his saints and try to <b>change the set times and the laws</b>. The saints will be handed over to him for a time, times and half a time."
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<p>
God gives authority to whom he wants.
Whatever happens, he is always in control, do NOT worry.
If we trust in him, we'll have His peace.
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<h4>Convert sabbath breakers?</h4>
As believer do you eat the unclean food that the Lord Jesus has made clean?
If believers judge on others concerning sabbath, sacre days or on foods, have they not become like the Pharisees;
because they judge on things they themselves couldn't keep!
<p>
Rather shouldn't believers be more merciful, more forgiving and be more compassionate?
Please read the entire Romans 14 and Galatians 3 chapters to understand what the counsellor Holy Spirit plainly tries to tell us.
</p>
<blockquote><b>Romans 14 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> <b>Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it</b>. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">7</sup> For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
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<br/><b>Romans 14 (New International Version)
<br/>The Weak and the Strong </b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.
  <sup class="verseNum">2</sup> One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.
  <sup class="verseNum">3</sup> The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him.
  <sup class="verseNum">4</sup> <b>Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
  <sup class="verseNum">6</sup> He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord</b>. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
  <sup class="verseNum">7</sup> For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone.
  <sup class="verseNum">8</sup> If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
  <sup class="verseNum">10</sup> You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat.
  <sup class="verseNum">11</sup> It is written:
<br/>" 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord,
<br/>'every knee will bow before me;
<br/>every tongue will confess to God.' "<sup>[Isaiah 45:23]</sup>
  <sup class="verseNum">12</sup> So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.
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<br/><b>Galatians 3 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
<sup class="verseNum">3</sup> Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
<sup class="verseNum">4</sup> Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.
<sup class="verseNum">5</sup> <b>He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?</b>
<sup class="verseNum">6</sup> Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
<sup class="verseNum">7</sup> Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
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<br/><b>Galatians 3 (New International Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?
<sup class="verseNum">3</sup> Are you so foolish? After beginning with the Spirit, <b>are you now trying to attain your goal by human effort?</b>
<sup class="verseNum">4</sup> Have you suffered so much for nothing - if it really was for nothing?
<sup class="verseNum">5</sup> Does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you <b>because you observe the law, or because you believe what you heard?</b>
<sup class="verseNum">6</sup> Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."<sup>[Gen. 15:6]</sup>
<sup class="verseNum">7</sup> Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham.
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Word of wisdom from the scripture:
<blockquote>
<b>"Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise - why destroy yourself?" (Ecclesiastes 7:16 NIV)</b>
Pharisees are good example. Everyone who lived, is in someway a hypocrite.
Do know that what we accused others of, God will found you out that you did the same thing (under his laws)
therefore "why destroy yourself?".
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<br/>For your intention was "suppose" to be good, isn't it much better to have grace, be merciful and compassionate to others.
Please read <a href="salvation.html#fruits" title="See Salvation - Bear Fruits">Salvation - Bear Fruits</a>
<br/>
<br/>Click on <a href="salvation.html#verseEcclesiastes7_16-18" title="See Ecclesiastes 7:16-18">Salvation - Overrighteous, Overwise, Overwicked and a Fool</a>
for Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 scripture in context.
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<h4>Sabbath Miscellanious</h4>
<h5 id="abstainDeny">Sabbath is to learn to abstain, to deny oneself, to obey</h5>
<ul>
<li>"If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words," Isaiah 58:13</li>
<li>"But if you are careful to obey me, declares the LORD, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it," Jeremiah 17:24</li>
</ul>

<h5 id="symbolicOf">Sabbath of symbolic</h5>
<ul>
<li>Ceased in creation, Genesis 2:2-3
  <p><span class="small">(King James Version)</span> "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made"
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  <br/><span class="small">(New International Version)</span> "By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested <sup>[ceased]</sup> from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested <sup>[ceased]</sup> from all the work of creating that he had done."
  </p>
</li>
<li>Sabbath, rest in the ten commandments, Exodus 20:8-11, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 (refer to above)</li>
<li>Sabbath, believer becomes a living sign; that God have made them holy.
  <ul>
  <li>"Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the LORD made them holy." Ezekiel 20:12</li>
  <li>"Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God." Ezekiel 20:20</li>
  </ul>
</li>
<li>Sabbath-Rest for the righteous foretold
  <p><b>Hebrews 4 (King James Version)</b>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of <b>entering into his rest</b>, any of you should seem to come short of it.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> For <b>we which have believed do enter into rest</b>, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">7</sup> Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> There remaineth therefore <b>a rest to the people of God</b>.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> Let us <b>labour therefore to enter into that rest</b>, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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  <br/><b>Hebrews 4 (New International Version)</b>
  <br/>[ A Sabbath-Rest for the People of God ]
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> Therefore, since the promise of <b>entering his rest</b> still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.<sup>[Many manuscripts because they did not share in the faith of those who obeyed]</sup>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> Now <b>we who have believed enter that rest</b>, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' "<sup>[Psalm 95:11; also in verse 5]</sup> And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."<sup>[Gen. 2:2]</sup>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">7</sup> Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."<sup>[Psalm 95:7,8]</sup>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> There remains, then, <b>a Sabbath-rest for the people of God</b>;
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> Let us, therefore, <b>make every effort to enter that rest</b>, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.
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</li>
</ul>

<h5 id="futureOf">Sabbath of the Future</h5>
Bible does points to Sabbath is NOT going to go away, <b>there will be Sabbath in the new earth and new heaven</b>.
The passage below is a time of the future.
<blockquote><b>Isaiah 66 (King James Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">22</sup> For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">23</sup> And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and <b>from one sabbath to another</b>, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">24</sup> And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.
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<br/><b>Isaiah 66 (New International Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">22</sup> "As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me," declares the LORD, "so will your name and descendants endure.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">23</sup> From one New Moon to another and <b>from one Sabbath to another</b>, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says the LORD.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">24</sup> "And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."
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<br/><b>Footnotes:</b>

<h6 id="sabbath4man">Sabbath for man</h6>
<ul>
<li>"And he said unto them, <b>The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath</b>:" Mark 2:27 (KJV)</li>
<li>'Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.' Mark 2:27 (NIV)</li>
</ul>
<h6 id="lordSabbath">Lord of sabbath</h6>
<ul>
<li>"But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. For the <b>Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day</b>." Matthew 12:7-8</li>
<li>"And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: Therefore the <b>Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath</b>." Mark 2:27-28</li>
<li>"And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
  How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
  And he said unto them, That the <b>Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath</b>." Luke 6:3-5</li>
</ul>

<h6 id="sabbathSermon">Sermon held on sabbath, Saturday; end of week (the 7th day)</h6>
<ul>
<li>"[ Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit ] They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach." Mark 1:21</li>
<li>"When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed." Mark 6:2</li>
<li>"He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read." Luke 4:16</li>
<li>"[ A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath ] On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues," Luke 13:10</li>
<li>"From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down." Acts 13:14</li>
<li>"The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the <b>words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath</b>." Acts 13:27</li>
<li>"As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath." Acts 13:42</li>
<li>"On the next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord." Acts 13:44</li>
<li>"<b>For Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath</b>." Acts 15:21</li>
<li>"On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there." Acts 16:13</li>
<li>"<b>As his custom was, Paul</b> went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures," Acts 17:2</li>
<li>"Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks." Acts 18:4</li>
</ul>
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<h6 id="sabbathKept">Sabbath was Kept</h6>
<ul>
<li>"[ The Resurrection ] After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb." Matthew 28:1</li>
<li>"[ The Resurrection ] When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus' body." Mark 16:1</li>
<li>"Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment." Luke 23:56</li>
</ul>

<h6 id="breakSabbath">Sabbath was NOT Kept</h6>
<ul>
<li><b>Matthew 12 (King James Version)</b>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, <b>thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day</b>.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">7</sup> <b>But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless</b>.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
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  <br/><b>Matthew 12 (New International Version)</b>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "<b>Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath</b>."
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread - which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> I tell you that one<sup>[Or something; also in verses 41 and 42]</sup> greater than the temple is here.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">7</sup> <b>If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,'<sup>[Hosea 6:6]</sup> you would not have condemned the innocent</b>.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue,
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."
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<li>Mark 2 (King James Version)
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">23</sup> And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">24</sup> And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, <b>why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful</b>?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">25</sup> And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">26</sup> How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">27</sup> And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">28</sup> Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
</li>
<li>Mark 3 (King James Version)
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
</li>
<li>Luke 6 (King James Version)
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">7</sup> And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
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<li><b>Luke 13 (King James Version)</b>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
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  <br/><b>Luke 13 (New International Version)</b>
  <br/>[A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath]
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity."
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> The Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?"
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.
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<li>Luke 14 (King James Version)
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> And they could not answer him again to these things.
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<li>John 5 (King James Version)
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">1</sup> After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">2</sup> Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">3</sup> In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">4</sup> For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">5</sup> And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">6</sup> When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">7</sup> The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">8</sup> Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">9</sup> And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">10</sup> The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">11</sup> He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">12</sup> Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">13</sup> And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">18</sup> Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
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<li><b>John 7 (King James Version)</b>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">19</sup> Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">20</sup> The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">21</sup> Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">22</sup> Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">23</sup> If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">24</sup> Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
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  <br/><b>John 7 (New International Version)</b>
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">19</sup> Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">20</sup> "You are demon-possessed," the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?"
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">21</sup> Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all astonished.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">22</sup> Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">23</sup> Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath?
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">24</sup> Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment."
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<li>John 9 (King James Version)
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">14</sup> And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">15</sup> Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
  <br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> Therefore said some of the Pharisees, <b>This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day</b>. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
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<h6 id="eternalLife">Eternal Life, sabbath mentioned?</h6>
<blockquote><b>Matthew 19 (New International Version)</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">16</sup> Now a man came up to Jesus and asked, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?"
<br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> "Why do you ask me about what is good?" Jesus replied. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, obey the commandments."
<br/><sup class="verseNum">18</sup> "Which ones?" the man inquired. Jesus replied, " '<b>Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,
<br/><sup class="verseNum">19</sup> honor your father and mother,</b>'<sup>[Exodus 20:1216; Deut. 5:16-20]</sup> and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'<sup>[Lev. 19:18]</sup>"
<br/><sup class="verseNum">20</sup> "All these I have kept," the young man said. "What do I still lack?"
<br/><sup class="verseNum">21</sup> Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
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<br/><b>Mark 10 (New International Version)
<br/>The Rich Young Man</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">17</sup> As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. "Good teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
<br/><sup class="verseNum">18</sup> "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good - except God alone.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">19</sup> You know the commandments: '<b>Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother</b>.'<sup>[Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20]</sup>"
<br/><sup class="verseNum">20</sup> "Teacher," he declared, "all these I have kept since I was a boy."
<br/><sup class="verseNum">21</sup> Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack," he said. "Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
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<br/><b>Luke 18 (New International Version)
<br/>The Rich Ruler</b>
<br/><sup class="verseNum">18</sup> A certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
<br/><sup class="verseNum">19</sup> "Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good - except God alone.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">20</sup> You know the commandments: '<b>Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother</b>.'<sup>[Exodus 20:12-16; Deut. 5:16-20]</sup>"
<br/><sup class="verseNum">21</sup> "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said.
<br/><sup class="verseNum">22</sup> When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."
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<h6 id=doGoodNoLaw>No law on doing good</h6>
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<li>"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: <b>against such there is no law</b>. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another." Galatians 5:22-26 (KJV)</li>
<li>"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. <b>Against such things there is no law</b>. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other." Galatians 5:22-26 (NIV)</li>
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